Turning Red (2022) – Review

Of late, you really have to feel for the alchemists of animation of who toil and labour under the roof of Pixar in order to

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Rebirth Of Mothra (1996) – Review

While Kaiju legends such as Godzilla and Gamera racked up movie after movie in their various filmographies, other monsters had to be content playing second

The Green Mile (1999) – Review

I always get a little nervous when proven directors start pigeonholing themselves. I’m not necessarily talking about an auteur investing six or seven years of

The Shape Of Water (2017) – Review

Referred to elsewhere as Grinding Nemo (although I’d also accept 50 Shoals Of Grey, Brine And A Half Weeks or Basic Fin-stinct), Guillermo Del Toro’s

Dragonball: Evolution (2009) – Review

I’m sure many people will beg to differ (and I’m sure I’ve already mentioned this somewhere before), but accuracy isn’t strictly necessary in order to

In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) – Review

I understand that dragging the limited talents of Uwe Boll through the mud these days is somewhat akin to flogging a dead horse with an

Fist Of The North Star (1995) – Review

You have to give the independent movie scene credit for trying to ride the wave of Anime’s global popularity during the 90’s. Attacking us with

Solomon Kane (2009) – Review

Most fantasy movies geared toward a mature audience usually stumble when trying to merge it’s more fantastical elements with more adult themes such as graphic

Monsters Inc. (2001) – Review

By 2001, animation house Pixar had already churned out two bona fide classics (Toy Story’s 1&2) and a high grossing second movie that seems forever

Kung Fu Hustle (2004) – Review

What did we do right as a collective species to deserve Stephen Chow? While I have to be honest and admit I haven’t seen the

The Mummy (2017) – Review

Watching the 2017 attempt to resurrect The Mummy is painfully awkward in more ways that one. The quality of the movie itself notwithstanding, screen writer

Reign Of Fire (2002) – Review

There’s nothing quite more frustrating to a lover of crazy blockbuster cinema than a mouthwatering concept that isn’t quite executed as well as you’d hoped.

The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor (2008) – Review

After the frenetic action gumbo of The Mummy Returns – a hyperbolic action/adventure that placed exhausting action sequences next to career worst examples of CGI

Beetlejuice (1988) – Review

There are many wonderful things about the career of Tim Burton that’s depressingly easy to forget when you look at his rather soulless output the

Eternals (2021) – Review

It seems that everything there was to be said about Eternals – the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s 26th feature venture – had already been stated before

The Mummy Returns (2001) – Review

The early millennium must have been Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory for any filmmaker with adolescent tendencies who had been hired to tackle a sizable summer

The Mummy (1999) – Review

Back in 1999, I remember emerging from the cinema feeling a little nonplussed about The Mumny, Stephen Sommers’ mega budgeted remake of the classic Universal

Stardust (2007) – Review

Once upon a time, Matthew Vaughan was chiefly known as Guy Ritchie’s producer, but one day he plopped himself into the director’s chair with the

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (2021) – Review

While Marvel Studio’s Phase 4 has shown that the ubiquitous movie making machine hasn’t lost any of its vigour, it’s fair to say that Black

Free Guy (2021) – Review

It’s a well known fact by now that movies that adopt the mechanics of how videogame’s work into their plots usually end up being far

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